After more than a decade of planning and years of tests, Amtrak's high-speed, next-generation Acela trains are finally set to enter service early next year. The new Acela trains should enter ...

The trains will accommodate up to 386 passengers — an increase of 25 percent, according to Amtrak — and replace an existing fleet of 20, which entered service when Acela launched in 2000 ...

When I arrived at Union Station today for the first time since before the pandemic, the massive train station looked ... all the snarking about the Acela class, Amtrak’s northeastern corridor ...